You Know You're a Triathlete When... (Page 2)

Wow.

Well, what was your HR?  What zone were you in?

You know you're a married triathlete when you take the bike off the trainer setup you had for the winter, ride it once outside then tell her you put it back on the trainer because it snowed again and she says, "Did you put the trainer tire back on?".

Seriously, how many spouses know what a trainer tire is and when you use it?

You're always wet or you are about to get wet.  At any given moment you are swimming, sweating, running/biking in the rain, showering or need one desperately.

Heh, did a 5K in Maui last month, was really bummed that I missed an ocean swim by a month (but my wife did the 3K walk too. )

You know you're a triathlete when you have no time to go to the tire place to have the nail in your car's tire fixed, but you somehow have time to clean your bike and take it to the bike shop for new handlebar tape.   

Priorities! 

Yeah, the laundry thing reminds me of the being wet thing.  I'm always about to, or have just done some. (heh - wife might disagree with that).

You have one bureau for your street clothes, and one for your tri clothes.

Your stationary trainer resides in your living room, comfortably alongside the couch, TV and computer desk. 

You have a pile of supplements on the kitchen counter and space in your cupboard devoted to sports drinks/gels/powders.

Your Saturday morning to-do list reads: Workout (3 hours), then (if time): laundry, dishes, bathe the dog.

you have withdrawal symptoms during a taper week

you're pissed that the first nice weekend in the last month coincides with your being sick

you buy elastic laces for your running shoes because it will shave some seconds off of T2.

you've ever had to explain to a non-triathlete that "No, I'm not going that far nor am I flying to Hawaii, it's a sprint triathlon."

you've had someone follow the above statement with "Oh. Well, that sounds easy! I could do that!"

chocolate milk is all of a sudden a dietary staple. 

second that

...you have to remove your golf clubs from your trunk  and replace them with workout gear.

On that note, could I use the golf course to do some sprint work?  I could run down the fairway, swim across the lake......